Bangs: Catalogue of a Library of Americana, and Miscellaneous English Books. comprising, Rare New York, Philadelphia, and other Early Imprints. Early Almanacs and Early American Engravings. An Important Series of Civil-War Autograph Letters from Robert E. Lee an, Dec271900,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 27, 1900 - December 27, 1900

Page Size: 628 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		ACTS passed at the Second Session of the Third Congress of the U. S. of America, begun Nov. 3, 1794, in the City of Philadelphia	(Phil.)	(1796)	USD -	Unknown
2	ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS	The Struggles for Neutrality in America	N. Y.	1871	USD -	Unknown
3	B. C. Butler	ADIRONDACKS. Handbook of the Adirondack Railway	Albany	1870	USD -	Unknown
4	E. R. Wallace	ADIRONDACKS. Descriptive Guide and Handbook of Travel, etc.	N. Y.	1875	USD -	Unknown
5	ADIRONDACKS	Descriptive Guide and Handbook of Travel	Syracuse	1879	USD -	Unknown
6	ADDISON, JOSEPH	Cato: a Tragedy	Worcester	1787	USD -	Unknown
7	AESOP'S FABLES	Phrygis AEsopi Fabulae, Carmine Elegiaco-Perspicue et accurate redditae	Vitebergae	1564	USD -	Unknown
8	David Young	AGRICULTURIST'S GUIDE AND ALMANAC FOR 1850	N. Y.	1850	USD -	Unknown
9		ALBANY. Churchill's Guide through the Albany Rural Cemetery	Albany	1857	USD -	Unknown
10	ALDRICH, T. B.	Judith and Holofernes: a Poem	Bost.	1896	USD -	Unknown
11		ALMANAC. The Pennsylvania Town and Country-Mans Almanack	Wilmington	1771	USD -	Unknown
12	Abraham Weatherwise, Gent.	ALMANAC. Father Abraham's Almanack for the year 1774 (the 14th year of the Reign of King George III)	Phil.	1774	USD -	Unknown
13		ALMANAC. A Plain Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1782	Phil.	1782	USD -	Unknown
14		ALMANAC. American Anti-Slavery Almanac	N. Y.	1844	USD -	Unknown
15		ALMANAC. The Liberty Almanac	N. Y.	1847	USD -	Unknown
16	Noah Webster	AMERICA. Historical and Geographical Account of the U.S.	(Hartford)	1809	USD -	Unknown
17	John Howard Hinton	AMERICA. History and Topography of the U. S. of America	Bost.	1851	USD -	Unknown
18	John Frost	AMERICA. Pictorial History of America, from the Discovery of America by the Northmen	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
19		AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY ALMANAC. Compiled by Mrs. LYDIA MARIA CHILD	N. Y.	1843	USD -	Unknown
20		AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Proceedings in Boston	Bost.	1855	USD -	Unknown
21		AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Proceedings, ata Special Meeting, held in Worcester, Feby. 10, 1859	Bost.	1859	USD -	Unknown
22		AMERICAN BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments	N. Y.	1829	USD -	Unknown
23	Cyrus Townsend Brady	AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS. Stories of the First Five Wars of the U. S. from the War of the Revolution to the War of 1812	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
24		AMERICAN MAGAZINE (THE) for January, 1769, having bound-up Transactions of the Am. Philos. Society, March 11, 1768, "Observations on the Native Silk Worms of North America"	(Phil.)	1769	USD -	Unknown
25	William Y. Edson	AMERICAN MUSIC. Musical Monitor, or New York Collection of Church Musick: to which is prefixed the Elementary Class-Book or an Introduction to the Science of Musick	Ithaca, N. Y.	1827	USD -	Unknown
26	J. R. Bigelow	AMERICAN'S OWN BOOK; or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the Union	N. Y.	1847	USD -	Unknown
27		AMERICAN PRESS. A Collection of Songs of the American Press and other Poems relating to the Art of Printing	Albany	1868	USD -	Unknown
28		AMERICAN SONGS. Songs, Odes and other Poems on National Subjects, compiled by Wm. M'Carty	Phil.	1842	USD -	Unknown
29		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. American Military Pocket Atlas. An Approved Collection of Correct Maps of the British Colonies, especially those which now are, or probably may be, the Theatre of War	Lond.	1776	USD -	Unknown
30	T. R. Rogers	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A New American Biographical Dictionary of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of America	Easton, Pa.	1824	USD -	Unknown
31	William Henry Trescot	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Diplomacy of the Revolution: an Historical Study	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
32	J. Spear Smith	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Memoir of the Baron de Kalb	Balt.	1858	USD -	Unknown
33	George H. Moore	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Treason of Charles Lee, Major General, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution	N. Y.	1860	USD -	Unknown
34		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Memoirs of William Lord Auckland	Lond.	1861	USD -	Unknown
35	J. A. Vinton	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the Revolution	Bost.	1866	USD -	Unknown
36	Alexander Starbuck	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Nantucket in the Revolution	(Bost.)	(1874)	USD -	Unknown
37		AMERICANA. Jay's Treaty, 1794. Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America	Phil.	1795	USD -	Unknown
38	H. W. Pierson	ANDERSONVILLE, GA. Letter to Charles Sumner	Wash.	1870	USD -	Unknown
39	Peleg Chandler	ANDRE. American Criminal Trials	Bost.	1844	USD -	Unknown
40	W. W. Lord	ANDRE: a Tragedy in Five Acts	N.Y.	1856	USD -	Unknown
41	Winthrop Sargeant	ANDRE, MAJOR JOHN. The Life and Career of	Bost.	1861	USD -	Unknown
42	ANDRE, MAJOR JOHN	Minutes of a Court of Inquiry upon the case of Major John Andre	Albany	1865	USD -	Unknown
43		ANGLING. The Brook Trout and the Determined Angler	Long Island	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
44	J. W. Thornton	ANGLO-AMERICAN. The First Records of Anglo-American Colonization: their History	Bost.	1859	USD -	Unknown
45		ANTHONY. Life and Character of Miss Susanna Anthony, who died in Newport, June 23, 1791			USD -	Unknown
46		ARCHITECTURE. The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion and Builder's Assistant for Rural Decorative Architecture	Lond.	1756	USD -	Unknown
47	ARNOLD, BENEDICT	Consolations of Solitude	Bost.	1856	USD -	Unknown
48	ARNOLD, BENEDICT	Journal of the Expedition to Quebec in the Year 1775 under the Command of Colonel Benedict Arnold	N. Y.	1857	USD -	Unknown
49	ARTHURIAN ROMANCE	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	N. Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
50		AUSTRALASIA. Van Diemen's Land, comprehending a Variety of Statistical and other Information	Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land	1833	USD -	Unknown
51	BALTIMORE	The Constitution of the Baltimore Harmonic Society	Balt.	1809	USD -	Unknown
52	ANGUS UMPHRAVILLE, AGED NINETEEN	BALTIMORE. The Siege of Baltimore, and the Battle of La Tranche, with other original Poems	Balt.	1817	USD -	Unknown
53	BALTIMORE. Gen.	Harper's Speech to the Citizens of Baltimore, on the expediency of promoting a Connexion between the Ohio at Pittsburgh and the Waters of the Chesapeake at Baltimore by a Canal through the District of Columbia	Balt.	1824	USD -	Unknown
54	Charles Varle	BALTIMORE. Complete View of Baltimore, with a Statistical Sketch and Advertising Directory	Balt.	1833	USD -	Unknown
55	John A. Andrew	BALTIMORE RIOTS. An Address on the Occasion of Dedicating the Monument to Ladd and Whitney, of the 6th Regiment, M.V. M., killed at Baltimore	Bost.	1865	USD -	Unknown
56	BARCLAY, JOHN	Elements of Polite Literature and Moral Philosophy	Lond.	1826	USD -	Unknown
57	BARTON, JAS. L.	Brief Sketch of the Commerce of the Lakes	Buffalo	1847	USD -	Unknown
58		BATTLE OF THE SHELLS. A Satirical Parody in Rhyme of the Celebrated Letters of Messrs		January, 1854	USD -	Unknown
59		BEECHER. Sermons by Henry Ward Beecher	N. Y.	1868-69	USD -	Unknown
60		BIBLE, containing the Old Testament and the New	Portland	1842	USD -	Unknown
61	BIGAMY	The Extraordinary Trial of Captain Geo. Harrower for Marrying the Daughter of Paul Giblet, the Butcher, his former Wife being Alive, with the Sentence (Six Months)	Lond.	1816	USD -	Unknown
62	"A LOOKER-ON HERE IN VERONA"	BIOGRAPHY. Sketches of U. S. Senators of the Session of 1837-8	Wash.	1839	USD -	Unknown
63		BLADENSBURG RACES, written shortly after the Capture of Washington City, Aug. 24, 1814		1816 (1865)	USD -	Unknown
64	A. T. Story	BLAKE. William Blake, his Life, Character and Genius	Lond.	1893	USD -	Unknown
65		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of Historical Papers and Parchments in the N.Y. State Library	Albany	1849	USD -	Unknown
66		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of the Albany Institute Library, founded 1793	Albany	1855	USD -	Unknown
67	Gilbert L. Streeter	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Account of the Newspapers and other Periodicals published in Salem from 1768 to 1856	Salem	1856	USD -	Unknown
68		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Analyse des Travaux de la Societe des Philobiblon de Londres par Octave Delepierre	Lond.	1862	USD -	Unknown
69	Richard M. Hoe	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. The Literature of Printing. A Catalogue illustrative of the History and Art of Typography, Chalcography and Lithography	Lond.	1877	USD -	Unknown
70	ANDREW LANG	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. The Library	Lond.	1881	USD -	Unknown
71	W. Carew Hazlitt	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Old Cookery Booksand Ancient Cuisine	N. Y. (Lond.)	1886	USD -	Unknown
72		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of Early Printed Books, Vellum Printed Books, and MS. on Vellum	N. Y.	1887	USD -	Unknown
73		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS	N. Y.	1891	USD -	Unknown
74		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Recent Bookbindings, 1860-1890	N. Y.	1891	USD -	Unknown
75		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS	N. Y.	1893	USD -	Unknown
76		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of Books printed by William Bradford and other Printers in the Middle Colonies	N. Y.	1893	USD -	Unknown
77	J. H. Slater	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. The Romance of Book-Collecting	(Lond.)	1898	USD -	Unknown
78	Chas. Welsh	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Publishing a Book: being a few Practical Hints to Authors as to Preparation of MS., Correction of Proof and Arrangement with Publisher	Bost.	1899	USD -	Unknown
79		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Catalogue of a Collection of Books, comprising some of the scarcest Elzeviers, Aldus, Plantins, and many very fine specimens of Early Printed Books, Bibles and Grammars, etc.	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
80	Daniel Bryan (Boone's father-in-law)	BOONE. The Mountain Muse, comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone, and the Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty		1813	USD -	Unknown
81		BOSTON IMPRINT. L'Abeille Francoise ou Nouveau Recueil, de Morceaux Brillans des Auteurs Francois les plus Celebres	Boston	1792	USD -	Unknown
82		BOSTON. Old Merchant's Receipt Book belonging to Norton Brailsford, beginning Jan. 11, 1775, and containing Autograph Signatures of Daniel Bell, Tho. Hill, Jonathan Payson	Bost.	1775-85	USD -	Unknown
83		BOSTON. Will and Codicil of Mr. "Peter Oliver, Surgeon of the First Regiment of Dragoons, late of Boston New England now Resident in Dalkeith, North Britain," bequeathing all his Estate to his Wife, Love Oliver	Lond.	1783-93-95	USD -	Unknown
84	Benjamin B. Wisner	BOSTON. The History of the Old South Church	Bost.	1830	USD -	Unknown
85		BOSTON. The Salem Directory and City Register, containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupation, Places of Business and Residence, etc.	Salem	1846	USD -	Unknown
86		BOSTON. Address by William Whiting to the Members of the Historic-Genealogical Society		1853	USD -	Unknown
87	David Brainerd	BRADFORD IMPRINT. Mirabilia Dei inter Indicos, or the Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace amongst a Number of the Indians in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, justly represented in a Journal kept by Order of the Honourable Society	Phil.	(1746)	USD -	Unknown
88		BRADFORD IMPRINT. An Exhortation to the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolina, to bring their Deeds to the Light of Christ in their own Consciences	Phil.	(1747)	USD -	Unknown
89		BRADFORD IMPRINT. Transactions, \| of the \| American \| Philosophical Society	Phil.	1771	USD -	Unknown
90	Peter Porcupine	BRADFORD IMPRINT. A Prospect from the Congress-Gallery	Phil.	1796	USD -	Unknown
91	H. C. Murphy	BRADFORD CLUB. Anthology of New Netherland; or, Translations from the early Dutch Poets of New York, with Memoirs of their Lives	N. Y.	1865	USD -	Unknown
92	BRANAGAN, THOMAS	Avenia, or a Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species and Infringement on the Rights of Man	Phil.	1805	USD -	Unknown
93	A. R. Humphrey	BRAZIL. A Summer Journey to Brazil	N.Y.	1900	USD -	Unknown
94		BRIDGEWATER. Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bridgewater	Bost.	1856	USD -	Unknown
95	Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale)	BRITISH SYNONYMS; or, An Attempt to Regulate the Choice of Words in familiar Conversation	Paris	1804	USD -	Unknown
96		BROOKLYN. Messrs. Van Dorens Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies: Brooklyn Heights, opposite the City of New York	Brooklyn Heights	1829	USD -	Unknown
97		BROOKLYN. Constitution and By-Laws of the Brooklyn Lyceum	Brooklyn	1833	USD -	Unknown
98		BROOKLYN. Manuals of the Brooklyn Common Council for 1855, '57, '58-59, '60-61			USD -	Unknown
99	BROOKS, JAMES G. AND MARY	The Rivals of Este, and other Poems	N.Y.	1829	USD -	Unknown
100	BROWNING, E. B.	Sonnets from the Portuguese		1900	USD -	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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